Tuesday, 6 March 2012
ORR gives regulatory thumbs up to Alliances
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This from the Office of Rail Regulation ... We support the concept of alliances and welcome their potential to add value in the rail sector,...
Man travels entire FGW network - by choice!
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This from Inspector Blakey... Would you mind giving a plug to my friend Ollie's charity fundraising tour of the FGW network? He's ai...
Villiers vignettes - Rolling stock procurement
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This from Cruella ... Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood, Labour) To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 1 Dec...
Eurostar causes Catwalk Catastophe
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Big disruption to Eurostar services following yesterday's OHLE problems in France. Judging by media coverage the only people affected we...
Monday, 5 March 2012
Command Paper to be published Friday?
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According to today's lobby briefing... Justine Greening will publish the Government response to the Sir Roy McNulty report on Friday. So...
BTP now armed at major stations
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Sad to say police officers with firearms are now set to become the norm at major stations. As pictured at St Pancras on Friday... Eye shares...
Man fails to put kettle on - keeps job
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Exciting news from the National Railway Museum! According to the Yorkshire Post ... THE director of the National Railway Museum in York has ...
Pointless signs - Battle
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As nice an example of meaningless Newspeak as you are likely to see. Anything wrong with the good old fashioned - Out of Order?
Railway Garden - Saltash Bridge
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Welcome to the 2012 Railway Garden competition! Good to see that Isambard's bridge is getting a lick of paint. Perhaps between brush str...
Friday, 2 March 2012
Pointless signs - Abroad
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This from Snapper, out East somewhere... I thought Eye readers might enjoy this picture from Asia. Judging by the placement of this disabled...
Thursday, 1 March 2012
Pointless signs - Parson Street
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This from a Mr Ethridge... This pointless sign was photographed at Parson Street station a few days ago. I feel the " For further infor...
Pointless signs - East Coast
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This from His & Mine... Lavatory door of East Coast HST vehicle 41044 taken today. The loo is working fine.
Ian Allan and the key to success?
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Eye understands that the Ian Allan stable of magazines, which includes Modern Railways and Railways Illustrated, has been sold. The new owne...
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Pointless signs - XC misses the point!
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Eye salutes the crew of 1V50 (or possibly 1Z50). Clear, concise and relevant information displayed. And the technology did not get the bette...
ORR statement on Grayrigg
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This from the Office of Rail Regulation... Grayrigg statement Please find below Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) statement issued following t...
Captain Deltic lauds Terry Miller MBE
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The normally camera shy Captain Deltic was out and about yesterday contributing to a BBC 4 programme. " Off to record a BBC programme a...
Refurbishing a train in three minutes
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There's a nice time-lapse video over on Southern's website showing the refurbishment of a class 377 vehicle in 3 minutes. Sadly it i...
Pointless signs - St Pancras
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Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Bombardier turns back on UK supply chain?
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This from a Mr Tony Miles... I see that the Captain of Netball has issued a written ministerial statement today on Crossrail procurement. I...
Sleeper sunk by soggy loan?
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This from The Herald ... The UK Treasury had offered a £50m contribution to upgrading the sleeper contingent on this being matched by the Sc...
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